The Waterwise efficient gardening guides contain simple tips for incorporating water-saving principles into your gardening. You can use them to develop and manage a water-efficient garden.

• Planning a water efficient garden (PDF, 283 kB)*
• Watering your garden (PDF, 168 kB)*
• Mulch and your garden (PDF, 191 kB)*
• Maintaining your lawn (PDF, 211 kB)*
• Understand your soil type (PDF, 215 kB)*
• Water saving tips for the garden (PDF, 197 kB)*
• WaterWise in your garden (PDF, 104 kB)*
• The department is currently developing an online plant selector database, designed to help gardeners choose the most water efficient plants for the garden in regions across Queensland.

Gardening with greywater

Greywater provides an alternative water source to keep your garden and lawn green, especially in times of drought and water restrictions. The Waterwise Gardening with greywater booklet provides a wealth of advice and helpful tips on using greywater safely in the garden.

• Gardening with greywater brochure (PDF, 895 kb)*

Alternatively you can download each topic from the Waterwise gardening with greywater booklet separately.

• Plants and turf suited to greywater (PDF, 267 kb)*
• Improving greywater and soil quality (PDF, 305 kb)*
• Domestic greywater use in Queensland (PDF, 268 kb)*

Further information

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